Samuel myers



S. MYERS.

- (No Model.)

GAR COUPLING.

No. 396,047. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

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SAMUEL MYERS, OF MANHETM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TOEMANUEL BALMER AND EPHRAIM TV. SIIUE, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLENG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,047, dated January8, 1889. Application filed June 19, 1888 Serial No. 277,527. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Manheiin, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCar-Couplers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car-couplers of the order inwhich a link conro nects the opposite draw-heads; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

The coupler is more especially adapted for attachment to freight-cars,though it may beattached to passenger-cars.

It is well known that a coupler of simple construction and effective inuse is desired to connect freightcars, so that the buffers andequalizing-bars can be dispensed with thereon, and this invention isintended to be used more particularly upon said style of cars.

' Figure 1 of the drawings is the end of a car having a draw-head andcoupling parts attached, that illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical longitudinal section of the said draw-head detachedfrom the end of the car. Fig. is a perspective view of the locking-bardetached. Fig. 4 is a face view of the end of a car having amodification of the lift ing mechanism for the locking-bar attached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the end of the earhaving the draw- 3 5 bar a secured thereto, and B designates a draw-headsecured centrally to said draw-bar. The said draw-head is provided withthe recess Z1, open at the upper side of the draw-head, and having thelongitudinal slot 1) in its floor. The sides b Z) of the mouth of thedraw-head are beveled outwardly, and the floor b thereof is beveleddownwardly, to direct the link into the drawhead.

C is the link, of ordinary construction, and D is the locking-bar, thattakes the place of a pin and is of peculiar construction. The saidlocking-bar is pivoted at its rear end upon a short transverse rod, (1,having its ends socured in the sides of the draw-head beneath the floorof the car, and has upon its lower edge the rectangularprojection E,that enters the slot Z), thereby keeping the locking-bar from inclininglaterally and preventing it from being pushed too far inward in thedrawhead by the link when the coupler engages. The outer end, F, of thelocking-bar is convex, and its lower point, f, rests within alongitudinal notch, f, in the floor of the draw-head, and the said pointmakes a shoulder, G, that stands downward and inward from the shank H ofthe locking-bar and engages the link when the latter is pushed into thedraw-head.

I I are projections standing upwardly and inwardly from the shank H, andforming between them the inclined notch 2', in which, 6 5 when one caris taller than the adjoining one, the link can engage, so that cars ofdifferent heights can be coupled to each other.

J is a vertical lever having the ring on its upper end, which ring canbe made to engage a hook, j, on the end of the car when the lever israised. The lower end of the lever is secured to the adjacent end of thetransverse shaft K, j ournaled in bearing-eyes in the ends of the bars7c, extending downward and outward from the draw-bar, passing below thedraw-head, and provided with an inwardlystanding arm, 70', which passesinto the slot 1) and rests against the lower edge of the projection E ofthe locking-bar, so that when the lever is turned downward thelocking-bar will be raised by said arm 70. By lifting the locking-barthe link is released from its downwardly-standing point f.

Fig. 4 shows an end view of a car having a modification of the parts tolift the lockingbar attached. On this modification the vertical lever Jis replaced by horizontal levers L, pivoted to the end of the car oneach side of the draw-head. These levers have vertical rods 0 M pivotedto their inner ends, which rods pass through guide-loops m, secured tothe end of the car, and have their lower portions, m, first bent inwardand then upward to bear against the projection E of the locking-blockand 5 raise the same when the outer arm of either lever L is depressed.

By the last-described modification the locking-block can be lifted fromthe sides of the cars, and by the vertical lever it can be lifted I00from the top thereof.

' N is a rectangular hood having one corner standing llange a, whichrests on the edge or formed inio a sleeve, and with Said. sleevejournaled on a pin, n, Outstanding from the end of the car at a properpoint. The edge of the hood op iosite that on. which is the said sleeveis provided with the downwardlyside of the draw-head, which can be timecovered h the hood to prevent the entrance of dust, dirt, snow, or raininto the recess of the draw-heml.

The convex outer end, F, oi? the loekiughar causes the euleriug end ofthe link to ride either up or down, aecording to the height of j the drmwhead to which the link is attached.

I lavingdeserihed my invention, I claim 1. 'lhe combination of the linkof ordinary construction, the draw-luead I having the recess 7), open attop, the Sides U and lloorh, all i iuelined outwardly within the mouthof the drzuv-head, and the slot h in its floor, and the loelciug-har D,pivoted at a proper point within the draw-head and provided with theeon- \OX outer end, 15, the projections or points f j I l, respeetively,and rectangular projection 1* standing in the SlOii I), suhsta lially asspecified. i 2. The couihiuation, with theli1il ,thedra\\'- l head haring its recess open above and having the slot 1) in its floor, and theloekinghar 1), having the convex outer end, the projections or points fI I, l'OSPOCiZiVOl), and the rectangular projection E, resting in theslot h, of mechanism, substantially ao deseriljwd, whereby the saidlocking-hm.- can he raised from the sides or top of the car,substantially as specitied.

3. The combination of the draw-head having the longitudinal slot 1) inits floor and the longitudinal, notch f in the upper side of the floorthe locking-bar pivoted in the drawhead. and having the projection E,engaging the slot (1, and thepoiutj, resting in the noteh the shaftmounted transverselv on the hot- 7 0 tom oi the draW-head and having acrankarm hearing against the projeetimi E, and the link engaging theloeking-har, as set ilforth.

In teetiniony that 1 claim the foregoing as my owul have hereto allixedni 'signature in.

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